I guessed as much lol
My cousins were all Chasseurs Alpins, very smart with their tarte 
That tends to never go out of fashion.
The only berets I’ve seen on French people have been in the pays Basque. I can’t recall a single on in the Morvan.
Isn’t it amusing to read how we all think so differently 
I don’t give a fig if someone thinks I’m a local, a tourist, a foreigner… whatever… 
although I’d be quite happy for them to think I’m a model on a photo-shoot 
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Given my accent and pasty white skin, I can’t really pretend to be anything else
A car stopped and the driver asked me for directions… blah blah…
I noted a somewhat strange accent, so asked (in French & English) if they preferred me to speak in English…
From the startled look and intake of breath, I guessed (correctly) that they preferred French and quickly gave them the required directions in my immaculate French accent …
My eldest daughter has been stopped and photographed by fashionista women from the far east, she says they must like rumpled looking mothers of tiny children with big dogs.
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I think it’s for ‘authentic local colour’.
Except, I say, if it is spattered with paint, as mine are, showing you are on the way to/from Action - 10L white for €15.95!
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Haven’t heard this stuff since it was released. So West Coast, so Laurel Canyon. So redolent of those days … “I’ll take the other half of this - may sure I get off”
Me. I just stuck to weed. And 60 years later, amongst my friends, I came off best.
Just in the year that I have lived here, I have noticed a definite change in clothing. Leggings (in cafes!), baseball caps, hoodies, US sports tees, generally rumpled clothes; today at a nursery, a gentleman was wearing shorts, white socks, and Adidas slides. I live in a very non-touristy area, so I am pretty sure that these folks are French. I do still see a lot of smartly dressed people, but things seem to be loosening up.
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Baseball caps are useless - you can only stop one ear tip from getting badly sunburnt at a time, and that requires the cap to be worn at 90 degrees.
Talking of style, or maybe the lack of, reminds me that I do know of a local Frenchman that sports a full-blooded ‘Davy Crockett’ fur hat, similar to this,
but only in the cooler months. I suspect that it might not be genuine racoon.
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wowsers
Looks more like Basil Brush to me. 
For decades I also haven’t seen any traditional berets being worn, and assumed that they were now a distant memory, along with the lingering smell of French tobacco and faded roadside advertisements charmingly painted on house walls - les peintures publicitaires:
Last year I spotted one one of my more youthful neighbours in the company of a few friends, all male, and all sporting black and oversized ‘fashion’ berets, worn at a jaunty angle, so maybe they are making a comeback as an essential accessory?
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You can visit the chocolate factory if you want, interesting architecture, and the worker’s city. It’s the only Nestlé owned product we ever buy.
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If I had to come down on one factor only, I would say that inappropriate footwear is a common give-away in a semi-rural setting, particularly if they look brand new.
Rubber flip flops, Havaianas included, are a no-no in towns and cities. Even if your hotel in Cannes overlooks the beach.
Not round here. 
France Profonde (Lot et Garonne)
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